Isaiah 16:8

For the fields of Cheshbon languish, 1 and the gefen of Sivmah; 1 Ba'alei Goyim have broken down the choicest vines thereof, 1 they reached even unto Yazer, 1 they wandered to the midbar; 1 her shoots are stretched out, 1 they are gone over the yam. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

In Context

7Therefore shall Moav wail for Moav, 1 everyone shall wail; 1 for the raisin cakes of Kir Chareset shall ye mourn; 1 surely as they who grieve. 1

9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Yazer 1 the gefen of Sivmah; 1 I will water thee with my tears, 1 O Cheshbon, and Elealeh; 1 for the shouting for thy summer fruits 1 and for thy katzir has fallen away. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 21:32And Moshe sent to spy out Yazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out HaEmori that were there.

Numbers 32:35And Atrot Shophan, Yazer, and Yogbehah,

Joshua 13:19And Kiryatayim, and Sivmah, and Tzeret-HaShachar on the har in the valley,

2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, 1 let there be no tal, neither let there be matar, upon you, 1 nor fields of terumot; 1 for there the mogen Gibborim is defiled, 1 the mogen of Sha'ul, as though he had not been mashiach (anointed) with shemen. 1

Isaiah 15:4And Cheshbon shall cry, and Elealeh; 1 their voice shall be heard even unto Yahatz; 1 therefore the loins of Moav shall shake; 1 his nefesh shall be faint within him. 1

Isaiah 24:7The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, 1 all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:7-14

The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto… Read the whole commentary →

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